12/19/2023 0 Comments Wwdc keynoteSearch for ‘potato’ and you get results from Yummly look for places to stay and you can delve into Airbnb, and then return right back to iOS search. On OS X, this search technology was shown grabbing sports results and the details of upcoming games, along with weather reports, and all by responding successfully to plain-English input on iPhone, Spotlight searched video sites and returned descriptive cards that played video directly inside of the search pane.Īpple talked about APIs for devs to plug new search capabilities into their apps, deep-linking and round-tripping. OS X and iOS are both receiving major Spotlight updates. If you’re wondering if this is reading a bit too much into Apple’s current thinking regarding Google, two subjects that came up often at the WWDC keynote should convince you otherwise: search and privacy. ![]() And the most algorithm-obsessed is of course Google, aiming to filter your content through its tendrils, in order to present you with the information you might need (or that it wants to show you from advertising partners). Then we were told “technology and art can work together - at least at Apple,” which apparently has the human touch, unlike its algorithm-obsessed competition. There was Apple’s gleeful reveal that Maps has 3.5 times higher usage on iOS than the “next most-used mapping app” - and everyone knew what that meant. To drive the point home, Apple helpfully pointed out the benefits of quick OS transitions: more users having access to recent features and security fixes, and apps utilising the “latest and greatest” APIs. ![]() When comparing operating system uptake, Apple revealed 83% of iPhone users were running the latest iOS by comparison Android 5’s equivalent figure was just 12%. The most overt barb at the keynote was during one of precisely two mentions of a Google product.
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